As we all know, on September 1, 1939, the Soviet and German military invasion of Poland became a nightmare for the Poles and the beginning of World War II.
Under the joint attack of two of the most powerful countries in the world at that time, it took only a little more than a month to occupy the whole of Poland, and after the division on the Bug River, the partition of Poland was logical.
The international community's condemnation of both countries followed, as did sympathy for Poland.
It's just that, while condemning the Soviet-German, an established fact should not be ignored either.
Poland, which seems to be innocent, is the biggest victim of this war, but in reality, Poland is an aggressive country that loves to take advantage of small advantages.
The reason for this conclusion is to start with the history of Poland.
Needless to say, the history of Poland after World War I is enough to illustrate its problems.
When the First World War was still going on, in 1917, the October Revolution in Russia occurred, which brought Tsarist Russia into a life-and-death situation.
The newly-born Soviet power resolutely emerged from the Great War.
After the end of the war in 1918, Poland also took the opportunity to end its centuries-long history of occupation and re-establish its state.
Poland, which has been recognized by the international community, has not only gained a firm foothold, but has also quickly gained various resources and support.
Germany, Soviet Russia, and Czechoslovakia, which bordered Poland, were in crisis.
The sanctioned Germany did not have any ability to fight back and defend itself, so the Poles first implemented an invasion plan on issues such as German post-war reparations and territorial division.
Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was required to give 13% of its land to the victorious powers.
In this way, Germany was dismembered and Germany's strategic reserves and war mobilization capabilities were reduced.
Poland also participated in the partition of Germany, and its intentions were extremely vicious.
Poland, which had just been founded, under the pretext that it did not have access to the sea, strongly demanded that it be granted an outlet to the sea in order to solve the problem of the survival of the country.
As a result, the Entente acted as victors and assigned the Danzig Corridor in northeastern Germany, that is, the Polish Corridor, to Poland.
Faced with this outcome, the Germans dared to be angry and could only passively accept it.
I was also unable to cope with the reality that Poland had divided Germany in two, but the seeds of hatred were planted at this moment.
Poland, which had regained its state and was the victorious power, did not stop and, after acquiring German territory, launched an attack on Soviet Russia, which was mired in a civil war.
In February 1919, Poland claimed to regain its long-lost territory and launched a two-year Soviet-Polish war against the nascent Soviet Russia.
In this war, Poland not only directly sent troops to invade the territory of Soviet Russia, but also mobilized and supported the White Army within Soviet Russia.
Let Soviet Russia fall into the double pressure of civil war and resistance to aggression, and take care of itself.
In this war, Soviet Russia mobilized 800,000 soldiers to participate in it, and moreover, more than 60,000 people died.
From the very beginning of the war, it was one-sided.
The Polish army attacked very quickly, and even though the Russians had counterattacked under the city of Warsaw, the Poles still beat the Russian army back.
By March 18, 1921, after more than two years of fighting, the two sides felt powerless, so they sat down at the negotiating table and signed the Treaty of Riga.
This treaty was extremely unfair to Soviet Russia, because Poland had acquired large tracts of land in Ukraine and western Belarus.
Poland was dissatisfied with this, but they could only accept it, because in their eyes, Poland wanted to restore the former Great Polish Empire.
At this point, the hatred between Poland and Soviet Russia became even deeper.
Ambitious and unwilling to be lonely, Poland had another crazy opportunity in October 1938.
In September 1938, Germany, which had already risen, with the connivance of Britain and France, turned against the Czechs.
The Munich conspiracy, the secret agreement to partition the Czech Republic, was also settled at this time.
The Czech Republic was carved up by the conspiracy of several great powers, and Poland was also on the list of partitioners.
The reasons given by Poland are very pertinent, the Cesin region belongs to Poland, but it was occupied by the Czechs first.
Poland also argued that in 1919, the mediation of the Allies after the war was also very unfair, which led to Poland's loss in the Cesin area.
However, in November 1938, Poland made a comeback.
During the German occupation of the Czech Republic, Poland also sent troops to occupy most of the Ceschin.
This move not only aroused the hatred of the Czechs, but also made Poland a target of crusade in the international community.
After all, Poland's behavior of attacking from all sides and forcibly seizing land was no different from Hitler's.
Against all these backgrounds, on September 1, 1939, when the Polish War began, it was not only the Soviet Union and Germany that stormed Polish territory.
There were also the Czechs who were oppressed by Poland, although the Czech Republic was subject to Germany at that time, but the Czechs hated Poland no less than the Soviet Union and Germany.
This seemingly innocent victim of World War II is a complete aggressor on the other hand.
In 1939 Poland was partitioned for the fourth time